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Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
Whether literal or metaphorical, mundane or radical, local or global, all things are in a constant state of change. Every transformation — be it personal, biological, civilizational, or cosmological — paradoxically both destabilizes and reveals our world. Between the rapid acceleration of the pace of change in economic, political, environmental, and cultural processes and the increasingly dense constellation of global systems and structures we must learn to navigate, the need for worldwise leaders uniquely equipped to understand and solve global-scale problems has never been more urgent. As humans evolve, so too must our understanding of such leadership: much more than the actions of a single individual, meaningful change is a collective achievement borne of a shared vision for a better world.
Unit 1: Taking Care
Grades 11 and 12 | 5 Weeks | GW-CHA-U1
Unit 1: Taking Care
Grades 11 and 12 | 5 Weeks | GW-CHA-U1
As the world’s largest democracy, India provides a case-study opportunity for students to consider how citizens (of, for example, a home country, an adopted country, a town, a neighborhood, or a workplace) might take care of one another — and whether the concept of a democratic nation necessarily implies that they should do so. Taken together, the two texts that comprise this unit encourage students to think about small- and large-scale instances of people taking care of one another and how such instances might create the possibility for positive change.
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Unit 2: The Human Condition
Grades 11 and 12 | 7 Weeks | GW-CHA-U2
Unit 2: The Human Condition
Grades 11 and 12 | 7 Weeks | GW-CHA-U2
As humans have evolved, we have been forced to face an uncomfortable feature of our species — our tendency to want to enslave other humans. In this unit, students will explore the process of evolution while also coming to understand the devastating effects of slavery in the U.S.’s antebellum South, and the ways in which those effects reverberate across time.
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Unit 3: Time After Time
Grades 11 and 12 | 3 Weeks | GW-CHA-U3
Unit 3: Time After Time
Grades 11 and 12 | 3 Weeks | GW-CHA-U3
The passage of time marks a loss of energy in the form of heat, but a moment in time can be an explosion. In this unit, students explore heat from both angles, coming to understand the implications of a slow leak and the consequences of a symbolic combustion.
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Unit 4: Rough Magic
Grades 11 and 12 | 7 Weeks | GW-CHA-U4
Unit 4: Rough Magic
Grades 11 and 12 | 7 Weeks | GW-CHA-U4
From our earliest days, humans have sought not only to understand the world but also to control it. In The Tempest, Prospero attempts to do so through magic; in The Wizard and the Prophet, we see chronicles of attempts that have been made through science. In this unit, students examine the intersection of science and magic, the historical development of human knowledge, and our desire to use knowledge to shape the future.
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Unit 5: Hidden Costs
Grades 11 and 12 | 5 Weeks | GW-CHA-U5
Unit 5: Hidden Costs
Grades 11 and 12 | 5 Weeks | GW-CHA-U5
Economics isn’t just a field of study or a set of theories: it’s a force that shapes individuals and drives the choices people make. In this unit, students gain an understanding of both the broader concepts of economics and the ways in which economic forces influence human behavior every day — often in unexpected ways.
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WORLD
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Unit 6: Growth and Adaptation
Grades 11 and 12 | 5 Weeks | GW-CHA-U6
Unit 6: Growth and Adaptation
Grades 11 and 12 | 5 Weeks | GW-CHA-U6
From our earliest days, humans have sought not only to understand the world but also to control it. In The Tempest, Prospero attempts to do so through magic; in The Wizard or the Prophet, we see chronicles of attempts that have been made through science. In this unit, students examine the intersection of science and magic, the historical development of human knowledge, and our desire to use knowledge to shape the future.
Books
WORLD
STEAM
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